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THUMBS UP: To Wild Adventures. The park re-opens today with two new rides, a Saturday night concert featuring 38 Special, and more. It will be a few more weeks before Splash Island re-opens and even more weeks before the park is open daily. As for weekends, South Georgia’s theme park is back.
THUMBS UP: To Habitat for Humanity volunteers from near and afar helping to build a local home. It is refreshing to see the spirit of community service alive and well even among people who live in other communities.
THUMBS UP: To Valdosta State University’s lecture series. This week, VSU Biology Department hosted its 31st Annual Clyde Eugene Connell Visiting Lecture Program featuring Dr. Terry Norton, director of the Georgia Sea Turtle Center. Later this month, the VSU College of Arts and Sciences hosts a discussion about the political and cultural revolutions in the Middle East. Hadi Kahalzadeh, visiting scholar at VSU and Iranian political activist, and Labib Nasir, news reporter for Reuters in Jerusalem, will deliver a lecture titled “Arab Spring Revisited,” 6:30 p.m., March 26, Bailey Science Auditorium.
THUMBS UP: To area youth plays. Last week, Little Actors Theatre presented “Guys and Dolls Jr.” This weekend and next, Gingerbread Players of Theatre Guild Valdosta presents “James and the Giant Peach.” This weekend, also, Lowndes High School Off-Broadway presents “Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.” Next week, Valdosta Middle School Players presents “Fame.” The shows highlight the talents of South Georgia’s many young people.
THUMBS UP: To H. Aaron Strickland for a successful Valdosta-Lowndes County Azalea Festival. Great events, great food, a great job for the 13th annual event that spotlights Valdosta’s teeming azalea blooms and the people and things that make our area special. As the festival’s executive director, Strickland brought all of these things together for two fine days.
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Charity never tasted so good
For one night, you can indulge your sweet tooth while contributing to a worthy cause at the same time.
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Historic day celebrated
On January 1, 1863, Pres. Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, announcing that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious areas are and henceforth shall be free.
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How this garden grew
A special-needs couple wanted a garden. A teacher not only wanted to teach gardening skills but she also wanted to instill a sense of community purpose within her young students.
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Happy Father’s Day
He beamed with pride on our birth. He understood worry upon our birth. He is the giant by which we would judge all men. He protected us. He provided for us. He often sacrificed time with us to provide for us. He spent time with us.
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THUMBS UP: To Stevie Young of Valdosta. The owner of Artistic Taxidermy, Young won Best in the World, Turkey, in the 2013 World Taxidermy Championship. His eastern wild turkey display dominated the competition, earning him the distinction of best in the world. Another title for TitleTown!
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Canning preserves food, way of life
When the going gets tough, the tough getting canning. Valdosta-Lowndes County residents have this opportunity.
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PSST!: Round Two!
With tonight’s opening of “The Marvelous Wonderettes,” Peach State Summer Theatre presents its second show of the 2013 season.
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A responsible fix for pets
The photo and story in Sunday’s paper about the dog whose owners had left him tied up with an electrical cord elicited a tremendous response from readers, outraged at the dog’s treatment.
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A band-aid in a crisis?
The announcement Monday by the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities that a crisis stabilization center will be built in Lowndes County is good news for some, not so great for others.
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Slowing down for summer
Twenty-some years ago, it seemed Valdosta and South Georgia slowed down for the summer. School was out. Controversies seemed to dwindle. People seemed to work shorter hours despite the longer days.
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